Day: April 22, 2020

Security Forces To Collect COVID-19 Samples For Testing

Michael Gwarisa

SECURITY Forces have been roped in for collection of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) samples from patients in the high risk category. By Kudakwashe Pembere This is to achieve an ambitious target of 1000 tests a day as set by the COVID-19 Taskforce. Regarding achieving the 1000 tests a day, we have now come up with a strategy, the taskforce has implored that we get the services or the support services from the security services, they havemedical corps in the army, the Police and Prisons. “We have roped them in so they…

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#COVID-19: WHO Donates More Equipment To Zim

Healthtimes

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) donated a consignment of equipment for Zimbabwe’s Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) response. By Kudakwashe Pembere The consignment consisted of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and a state of the art Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine. This equipment comes to augment WHO’s Testing Kits, PPEs and technical assistance they provided in this fight against COVID-19. With the PPE costing USD16 527, the PCR Machine fetched USD24 436 adding to a total of USD40 963. The equipment comes amid cries from the healthworkers who said they did not have…

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#JUSTIN: Zim Gvt Speaks On New School Calendar

Michael Gwarisa

PERMANENT Secretary in the ministry of information, publicity and broadcasting services, Mr Nick Mangwana has advised that government is working on modalities to finalise a new school calendar for 2020 which has already been affected by the COVID-19 induced national Lockdown. By Michael Gwarisa Responding to questions during a webinar media training which was organised by UNDP, Higherlife Foundation, in partnership with the ministry of information, publicity and broadcasting services, Mr Mnagwana said the pandemic had affected schools in a big way. We still need to bring people to classes…

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#JUSTIN: Zim Records 4th COVID-19 Mortality

Michael Gwarisa

WEST End Hospital has been closed for non Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) related cases following a case which succumbed to the disease, thus making it a treatment isolation centre, Health and Child Care Minister  Dr Obadiah Moyo said on Wednesday. By Kudakwashe Pembere The deceased hailed from Mhondoro was admitted at West End Hospital with COVID-19 symptoms. I am aware of one of the cases that tested positive yesterday. Correctly so, this was someone who had been admitted and was still being seen actually at the casualty at West End Hospital.…

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